A ukulele player's look at jazz and popular songs of the early 20th Century

BY TIM HATCHER

One of the joys of learning the ukulele is discovering the wonderful songs of long ago--the beautiful melodies and lyrics that deserve to be remembered and revived. Thankfully, vintage sheet music abounds on the internet, and so I've had a great time tracking down lots of the old songs, transcribing them to chord/lyric sheets--in a good key for my voice--and then learning them on the uke. If you would like to receive my chord/lyric sheet for any of the songs featured here, email me and I will be happy to share them. (tims.email@yahoo.com)

Have a listen to Van and Schenk, a popular Vaudeville duo:

Saturday, January 25, 2014

New this month is a series of articles about the ukulele and uke players (including myself) at musiciansfriend.com. It was an honor to be interviewed, along with many performers well-established in the uke world, including Julia Nunes, Ralph Shaw, and Aldrine Guerrero, among others.

What is musiciansfriend.com? It's a great website full of resources for musicians, including instruments, recording equipment, amplifiers, music, accessories and more. Their blog, "The Hub", is a resource that includes artist interviews, videos, buying guides, product reviews and more.

MORE ABOUT VINTAGE MUSIC

If you would like a copy of chord/lyric sheets for any of the songs I mention here in my posts, email me at tims.email@yahoo.com and I'll be happy to send you a digitized version if I have one. I will be sending the chords and lyrics only, not the published sheet music itself.